Retail Buildings Apple Store ArchitectureĬontemporary Apple Store Architectural ProjectsĪpple Store Upper East Side, New York City, NY, USAĪpple Store, Upper East Side, New York CityĪpple Retail Store, Carnegie Library, Washington D.C. Location: Michigan Avenue, Chicago, USA Architecture in ChicagoĬhicago Architecture Design – chronological listĬhicago Architecture Walking Tours – city walks by e-architect Chicago’s connection to its river runs deep and Apple Michigan Avenue adds new access to the riverfront from Pioneer Court. Photography © Nigel Young Foster + PartnersĪpple on Michigan Avenue images / information received 231017 Apple’s original North Michigan Avenue store opened in 2003 with 58 employees and now employs a team of 250. The store features an extremely thin Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) roof profile (3’4” max depth over 110’-8” span)ġ0’ to 17’ long roof overhang on all four sides for solar protection and open viewsīrushed stainless steel structural columns (no joints or seams)Ĥ layers of ½” thick laminated ultra-low-iron glass façade The design of Apple Michigan Avenue embodies this in its structure and materiality with a glass wall that dissolves into the background, revealing the only visible element of the building – its floating carbon fiber roof.”Īpple Store in Chicago – Building Information Stefan Behling, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners said: “We fundamentally believe in great urban life, creating new gathering places, and connecting people in an analog way within an increasingly digital world. As the interior steps down to the river, it acts as a seating space around the Forum – the hub of Today at Apple and a live source of creativity, education and entertainment. It passes through the building’s walls – dematerialized to pure glass – and connects to the store’s buzzing center, sheltered by an impossibly thin carbon fiber roof, supported on slender stainless-steel columns. The stairway transitions seamlessly between the outside and inside. The gentle descent of levels creates active spaces where people can connect, create, and experience the city and river together. Apple Michigan Avenue sits atop a wide new public stair, created to lead down from the plaza to the river. It is the spot where Point de Sable – the founding father of Chicago – first lived and worked. Pioneer Court is an urban plaza steeped in Chicago history. It unites a historic city plaza that had been cut off from the water, giving Chicago a dynamic new arena that flows effortlessly down to the river.” Sir Jonathan Ive said, “Apple Michigan Avenue is about removing boundaries between inside and outside, reviving important urban connections within the city. The project reflects Apple’s commitment to the cities and communities it inhabits, and is the result of a close collaboration between the design team at Apple led by chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive and Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president of Retail and Online Stores and Foster + Partners. Located at the intersection of the Chicago River and North Michigan Avenue’s ‘Magnificent Mile’, Apple Michigan Avenue cascades down from Pioneer Court to the river’s edge, creating new connections between the city and the river. Inspired by the pulse of Chicago’s artistic energy, Apple has created a new platform for performance in a city charged by music. Retail Interior Development in Chicago, USA store design by Foster + PartnersĪpple Michigan Avenue reconnects Chicago to its river Gulls congregating on the roof during construction left behind an unsightly layer of guano and prompted Apple to install a series of pyramid-shaped bird deterrence devices.Apple on Michigan Avenue, Chicago Retail Architecture, Shop Building, IL News, Images Apple on Michigan Avenue The company ultimately dimmed its interior lighting to cut down on nighttime strikes during the peak of the migratory season.Įven before glass was installed, the low-slung structure at 401 N. The building’s fancy see-through walls also cost Apple some headaches-and a fair dose of negative PR-this fall when it was reported that a higher than expected number of migrating birds were fatally colliding with the store. It’s possible that even colder weather will cause other pieces to fracture. And while this week saw temps dip below zero, it was nowhere close to record lows for the city. According to pictures posted to the discussion forum at Skyscraperpage, Chicago’s recent cold snap caused at least one of the store’s glass panels to develop a crack.Ĭonsidering the structural glass is comprised of thin sheets laminated together like plywood, its replacement likely won’t come cheap. Apple’s MacBook Air-like store roof wasn’t designed to handle snow…in Chicago by /kt8tYtuJQR- 9to5Mac December 28, 2017įalling ice wasn’t the only winter-related issue facing the Foster + Partners-designed flag ship store this week.
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